Skyrim Patch 1.6.87.0.6 (BETA)

[Arthmoor]

Skyrim patch 1.6 is out as a beta on Steam now. Worth the look for the mounted combat alone, if you're into that

Also worth a look because the "General AI pathfingins optimizations and bugfixes" seems to translate into "The navmesh bug has been slain in glorious combat!"

From Bethblog:

NEW FEATURES

• Mounted Combat - Skyrim now allows you to do melee and ranged combat while riding a horse
  

BUG FIXES

• General stability and memory optimizations
  
• General AI pathfinding optimizations and bug fixes
  
• Optimizations and crash fixes for data leaks
  
• Fixed rare crash with lighting
  
• Fixed crashes related to loading and saving games
  
• Fixed crash with summoned creatures/NPCs
  
• Fixed rare issue where saves would be corrupted
  
• Improved logic for when ranged kill cams are played
  
• Fixed issue with ranged kill cams while killing a dragon
  
• Fixed rare issue with certain ranged kill cams not playing properly
  
• Fixed issue with nirnroot lighting not properly cleaning up
  
• Fixed issue where bow damage was being calculated incorrectly
  
• Fixed rare problem with werewolf kill moves would not finish animating properly
  
• In "The Break of Dawn" fixed rare issue where Meridia's Beacon would disappear from player's inventory
  
• Fixed occasional issue where followers would disappear after player pays off a county after committing a crime
  
• Fixed issue where certain creatures and NPCs would fail to respawn properly
  
• Fixed rare issue with dialogue subtitles not displaying properly
  
• Fixed issue with water appearing blurry when loading a saved game after creating a save underwater
  
• Fixed issue where map cursor would occasionally disappear after closing a message box with Kinect enabled (Xbox 360)
  
• Fixed rare issue with shouts only performing the first level and not other unlocked levels with Kinect enabled (Xbox 360)
  
• Fixed issue where the shout buttons would stop working properly if users mashed LB and RB during cooldown with Kinect enabled (Xbox 360)
  

[syscrusher]

From Bethblog:

NEW FEATURES

• Mounted Combat - Skyrim now allows you to do melee and ranged combat while riding a horse
  

That's nice, but I'd rather have first-person horse riding that works right without need for a mod. It was great in Oblivion. Third person...blech.

Still, the mounted combat looked cool on YouTube. It turns out that a dragon can now kill "you and the horse you rode in on!"

[DarkRider]

I opted in, love mounted combat, but I'm getting a (Not Responding) lag at every load screen now.

[vometia]

Hmm, it seems that I no longer have walking animations, either for myself or companions...

Oh, and a rather nasty CTD problem too.

Edited May 25, 2012 by vometia

[Arion]

I tried it and had issues with everything being messed up while I was in first person view .. Never made it to mounted as it was hard to see with a scrambled screen.

[_echo]

No problems for me. Only thing that i do have an issue with is some animation issues causing you to miss with bows.